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American Summer Holidays Campaign Garners More Than 23.1 Million Impressions through Early July
To ensure consumers associate California avocados with America's summer holidays the California Avocado Commission (CAC) shared summer-friendly avocado recipes, educational content and store location information on social media and digital channels. The multi-faceted campaign showcased California avocados' American-grown history and reminded consumers to check the labels and choose the locally grown fruit to enhance their summer dishes.
To inspire consumers to make American-grown California avocados a centerpiece of their 4th of July celebrations, the Commission shared sweet and savory recipes showcasing the versatility of avocados. For example, the Commission shared mouth-watering photos of California Avocado Key Lime Pudding party favors on Twitter with a link to a YouTube video demonstrating how easy it is to prepare this California avocado crowd pleaser. CAC also shared United Plates recipes on Instagram to inspire foodies on their summer road trips. The Commission's California Avocado Melon Smoothie Instagram post was a fan favorite. This content reached more than 81,600 users.
On the 4th of July, the Commission shared celebratory #FourthOfJuly messages with its fans on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter while reminding them that California avocados are a premium American-grown product. The social media posts included recipes, such as a California Avocado Red, White and Blue Salsa, perfect for holiday entertaining. To help consumers locate California avocados in their area, the Commission shared content directing them to CAC's Store Locator. Combined, this content reached more than 22,500 users.
In addition, the Commission shared American Summer Holidays entertainment and recipe ideas across social media and digital channels to provide foodies and home chefs with new ideas on how to creatively use California avocados in their summer meals and snacks. CAC swapped out banner creative leading up to the 4th of July with two different American Summer Holidays executions on the Food52, Tasting Table and PureWow websites, which are popular with targeted premium Californians. Nativo, which distributes brand content within publisher editorial streams, also ran two custom articles featuring California avocados: Four Ways to Celebrate Fourth of July with California Avocado and Five All-American Ways to Celebrate with California Avocado.
To engage with consumers at point-of-purchase, American Summer Holidays in-store audio ads ran in targeted retailers such as Albertsons, Fry's, Pavilions, Ralphs, Stater Bros., Vons and more.
CAC's 4th of July and related content leading up to the holiday, reached more than 104,000 fans on social media. Overall, the Commission's paid media, in-store audio and digital media partnerships garnered more than 23 million impressions from late June through early July.


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At the Sacred Heart School of Glyndon, we are excited about our Catholic identity!
At the core of our faith, we believe that Jesus Christ came to save us, taught us how to be fully alive, and taught us how to fully love, matching the deepest desire of our hearts. As a result of this, our work calls us to help everyone in our community, adults and children, grow in a personal relationship with our Lord, and indeed we are explicitly charged with this task in our strategic plan.
The call to grow in love is never exclusive or closed inward, but is instead the inclusive desire to help all know and value the love of God. Our school consists of 77% parishioner families, and 23% non-parishioner families, showing a great religious diversity that we greatly value.
We embody our Catholic identity in a great variety of ways. Our schools days begin and end with school-wide prayer. Our classes also begin with prayer. We celebrate our faith and learn more about this faith in daily religion classes. Students in grades one through eight have prayer partners; in this relationship, a student in an older grade partners with a student in a younger grade to help them in a great variety of ways. Our prayer partners sit together for our school masses, held once a month, and also for our school rosaries, which we pray together twice a month. Also, each month, some of our classes visit our parish 9:00 daily mass, going as prayer partners as well. Our students often talk about loving getting to see their prayer partners! We are blessed to offer school Reconciliation services for all students in grades three through eight in both Advent and Lent as well.
As our mission and motto call us to, founded in our Christian faith, love is meant to be shared, and this belief guides our Christian service programs. Most importantly, our children take on many daily ways of serving our community, such as helping with morning announcements or flag raising, cleaning up lunch tables, or helping teachers clean their rooms at the end of the day. Programmatically, our school reserves an entire academic day for our Thanksgiving Day of Service, where our entire student body collects food and engages in work to help those in need in our Baltimore community. Our school, with tremendous parent volunteerism and support, engages in a great deal of drives, collecting everything from school supplies, to coats, to toys, to entire Christmases with our adopt-a-family efforts. Our 8th grade participates in a day of service and a retreat prior to graduating, and our strategic plan calls us to grow these service and retreat opportunities for other students as well.
To take seriously the call to Catholic identity and Christian service is to give these essential components of our identity time and attention in our daily lives and in our school calendar, and we are thrilled that this is a core element of who we are.

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Almost everyone age 65 and older is eligible to sign up for Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers the majority of your health care costs. And while the benefits are considerable, understanding Medicare can be confusing – no matter how educated you are. There's Part A, B, C and D; initial, open and special enrollment periods; upwards of 11 different Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement Insurance plans offered by more than 15 different companies. The list goes on and on.
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My one-on-one client sessions are absolutely free of charge, and there's no obligation to sign up for anything…whatsoever. In basic, easy-to-understand language, I explain everything you need to know about Medicare and your Medicare Supplement Insurance plan and Medicare Advantage options. There's no sales pitch…just all the information you need – from costs involved, payment terms, pre-existing condition limitations, best and worst-case scenarios, and more – to make an educated choice about what's right for you. My primary objective for you is to understand your options.
Why is understanding Medicare so important? Because choosing the right coverage could save you tens of thousands of dollars; conversely, choosing the wrong coverage or missing critical deadlines could cost you your life savings. Sure there's plenty of information out there, but the bottom line is, Medicare, for all its benefits, is a very complex program. And what's good for your neighbor or your friend may not be good for you.
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- If you enroll in a Medicare Supplement Insurance plan and do not sign up for a prescription plan at that time, once you do, a late enrollment penalty will be added to your premium for the rest of your life.
- Medicare covers 80% of approved medical costs. There are a multitude of plans for the other 20% – plans for every budget and lifestyle need.
- There are big differences between Medicare Supplement Insurance plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
- With Medicare Supplement Insurance plans, the higher the premium you pay, the lower the deductible you will pay.
- The Healthcare Reform Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, has nothing to do with Medicare. Obamacare ends where Medicare begins – at age 65.
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Blog Tour: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Today I'm so pleased to be hosting an official tour stop for the first book in Jonathan Stroud's new, fantastic series, Lockwood & Co.! I was thrilled to be invited to be part of the tour by UK publishers Random Houce Children's Publishers as I thought it was absolutely brilliant and have been a big fan of Jonathan's work since his Bartimaeus quartet. Jonathan has written a delightful guest post on what our intrepid ghost hunters Lockwood, Lucy and George wear when going about their business and I've picked what I think is a fun Lucy-inspired outfit. Be sure to visit all the tour stops for more fun information about The Screaming Staircase!
Guest Post from Jonathan Stroud
Fashion Accessories for Ghost Hunters
Traditional spooky stories, at least literary ones, tend to weigh the scales quite heavily in favour of the scary ghosts. These spectres are powerful and purposeful; they know they've got a job to do (usually involving vengeance, punishment or warning) and they knuckle down and get it done with maximum efficiency. The living protagonist of the tale, however, is usually a fairly wet specimen, being hapless, innocent and/or fatally curious, and (crucially) almost always vulnerable and alone. In other words, when something spectral comes calling, they've got precious few defences to offer. Usually the upshot is they die straight off, go mad with shock, or are otherwise enfeebled, wasting pathetically away or dying months later, never having spoken again. In other words, it's an easy win for the ghost.
Not in my book, it's not.
Don't get me wrong. I still want my ghouls to be scary. I want them as sinister and horrible as I can make them. Cute dewy-eyed phantoms à la Casper the Friendly Ghost need not apply. But I want it to be a fair fight between them and my child heroes, who (since the frankly rubbish adults can't sense ghosts at all) are the ones who have to face them. It's true the kids have strong psychic abilities, and are able to see, hear and otherwise sense supernatural things almost before they happen, but this isn't itself a great defence. In some respects it actually makes them more vulnerable, since they see stuff (and hear stuff) that preys on their mind. No, they definitely need a bit of authorial assistance, going in.
What does this mean in practise? It means giving them nice clothes.
I intuited this right at the start, before I had a clue what the story was really about. The first scene I wrote sees Anthony Lockwood and Lucy Carlyle, two of our three heroes, arriving at a haunted house. They go to the door, ring the bell, stand there ready to be let in.
Lockwood's nattily dressed in a suit and tie. He also goes in for a long coat that looks cool but has a tendency to get caught in things at moments of danger. He wears gloves against the spectral cold. (Under his shirt and trousers he's probably got a set of thermals too, but we won't go into this right now.) He's also got ectoplasm-proof boots, made in London by a fashionable British footwear company. His outfit says: English, coolly assertive, upper-middle class. He's not going to be overawed by any old scrubby phantom.
Lucy's equally sartorially well-equipped for supernatural encounters. She goes for a neat parka, a warm jersey, a short and funky skirt, a set of (extra-warm) leggings, and another pair of swish boots. Unlike Lockwood, she has a woolly hat to hand; like him, she sports a long shiny rapier at her belt for dealing with spectres. Her look is rather more up-to-date and classless than Lockwood's, but equally formidable.
The third hero, George Cubbins, is introduced later. He's different again – generally appearing in a rather scruffy untucked T-shirt, jeans and massive trainers. More of a slacker-look, in other words (and the subject of much derision from Lucy), but it's still a statement of youthful confidence.
So, like every set of professionals, Lockwood & Co. have a certain uniform. It helps give them power. What ghost wouldn't be unnerved to face these three?
Now I'll leave Lockwood and George to their own devices, but I couldn't help but put together this cute little outfit for Lucy! I wanted her to have a bit of colour underneath her more utilitarian parka, leggings and boots, so I picked some soft coral shades and a skirt with the right amount of 'funk'. Keeps her warm from all the ghosts, but keeps her stylish to boot.
About The Screaming Staircase
Release: 29 August 2013
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Hauntings are our business . . .
Ghosts crowd the streets and houses of London. Anthony Lockwood, with his slightly grumpy deputy George, and his junior field operative Lucy, make up LOCKWOOD & CO, the small, shabby yet talented ghost-hunting agency.
After a series of calamitous investigations into the supernatural go awry, the team are desperate to prove themselves. Their opportunity comes in the form of a terrifying ghost, the Red Duke. But little do they know what perils lie in store for them at the haunted Bliss Hall . . .
About Jonathan Stroud:
Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University, he moved to London, where he worked as an editor in a publishing firm. He is the author of the best-selling BARTIMAEUS sequence, which is published in 35 languages and has sold 6 million copies worldwide, and also of four other novels: HEROES OF THE VALLEY, THE LAST SIEGE, THE LEAP and BURIED FIRE. Jonathan lives in Hertfordshire with his family. He has yet to see a ghost, but is keeping his eyes open.
Find out more about Jonathan on his Official Website, and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.


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Can Steve Bruce lead Aston Villa back into the Premier League?by Mike Holden / 01 August 2017, 14:42Tweet
Mike Holden (@Ratings_Mike) previews Steve Bruce and Aston Villa ahead of the upcoming 2017/18 Championship season.
Steve Bruce is banking on John Terry being the answer to his biggest problem at Villa Park - bringing courage to a timid dressing room. The former Hull boss replaced Roberto Di Matteo last October but made little headway as Villa started 2017 with seven defeats in eight matches and finished 13th. Di Matteo had spent big on nine new faces, then Bruce added seven more in January, but a weak mentality continued to permeate. Terry and fellow new arrivals Glenn Whelan, Chris Samba and Ahmed Elmohamady have an average age of 33.
Bruce is a charming and passionate explorer who often does himself a disservice with his self-deprecating humour because his standout qualities aren't immediately apparent. "I'm not really into tactics," he once remarked at a Sunderland press conference, creating a dinosaur image that remains to this day. Theory isn't his speciality, because people with theories get box themselves in. He's an investor in people with a talent for reading emotions. He recognises hunger and desire and delegates tasks appropriately, handing ownership of ideas over to players and backroom staff.
"When you manage a huge club like Aston Villa, you need big players who can handle the expectation. You need to be able to handle what a big club demands. John Terry has played at the top level and he will handle it, no problem at all. I am looking to add that experience and quality to go with the good players already here. It's about getting the mix right. I will do my utmost to make sure we get up this season if we can."
It's hard to imagine Villa turning up revitalised from the summer break, ready to devour the division - even though they have the personnel capable of mounting a title charge. A collective spirit has to be fostered and mental barriers have to be pushed through, but Terry's acquisition could proved to be inspired in that regard. The cut-throat anxiety of the play-offs and the high-stakes Wembley stage could be tailor-made for the former Chelsea skipper to thrive come the end of the season.
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We'll start out today's post with a (very belated) photo of the month. This bouquet was one of our favorites from a couple years back and would be a gorgeous accessory for a spring bride (...or summer... or fall for that matter)! We adore the mixture of bold and soft tones, as well as the fluffy textures and pops of gray. When we created this design we called it our "honeycomb bouquet" because for some reason the waxflower reminded us of just that. Cute!
photo courtesy of mikki platt photography
flowers used in bouquet: stock (two varieties), roses, silver brunia, pepper berry, pittosporum, and waxflower. Finished with gray satin ribbon.
Also, we have another wedding coming up this weekend and today you get to enjoy the backstory of the cute bride & groom. We posted a photo of the bride's portrait bouquet a couple of weeks ago, it was the beautiful orange-toned piece with draping andromeda. So lovely. And now, before you read their story of l'amour, go ahead and take a guess as to how long they dated until they bought a ring. Will you be surprised? Well read on and let's see, shall we? :)
photo courtesy of chantel marie photography
What did you do for your first date?
Well, our first date was to Tepanyaki Grill and Temple Square. Mind you, he's from Arizona and only had lived up here for a week, so the cold was a huge change and a bit interesting for him considering he didn't even own a winter coat!
What is your funniest memory as a couple?
Our funniest memory... that's tough. Tyler and I tend to be children most of the time--we keep each other laughing and laughing. Something unique about us though, we just happened to buy a ring two weeks after dating. When you know, you know!
Who said I love you first?
I have to admit, I hinted the three words all day but never actually came out and said it. I kept saying, "I need to tell you something... but i think I'll wait." Finally that night he came out and said "I love you." He beat me to it!
What are your favorite qualities about each other?
She says: My favorite quality about Tyler would have to be his childish fun side. There's a never a moment where he's not throwing in a joke--he rarely takes anything seriously. He's such a motivated person when it comes to anything! He keeps me on my feet and I love it. He will be such a successful person someday; I've never met a boy who's so organized and on top of things. I could go on and on about how amazing he is and the example he is to me in my life.
He says: She's the most caring person I have ever met. I love her sense of humor and how we're always laughing. She makes me want to be a better person, and I can't wait for our future together!
Tell us a little bit about your event concept.
Our reception will be held at Gardner Village, which is STUNNING to begin with. I'm going for more of an anthropology vibe--I've bought nearly everything there in my colors! I'm hoping that when you walk in guests will instantly know what my colors are, especially with the beautiful flowers!
How did he propose?
Here's the story of our proposal. We had plans to go to dinner on a Saturday night, and somehow we ended up at my parent's house. He got me to go downstairs to my room where "Will You Marry Me" was spelled out in roses on my bed. There were candles lit everywhere and a handsome boy on his knee. While on his knee, my cute brother jumped out of my closet to take pictures (I told him I wanted a photographer in hiding). It was simple and sweet.


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Every Startup Has Problems, Including Yours
By Andrew McConnell | Jul 5, 2017 at 8:30 am
Parenthood can teach you a lot about startups and empathy. Recently, an advisor to me and my company asked me how things were going on the home front with my 1-year-old. A big smile came across my face. Things couldn't be better. As a…
Voice Interface Is the Future. So Is the $10 Billion Voice Fraud Industry.
By Adam Rowe | May 31, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Every year, Mary Meeker presents the most influential report on internet trends from the previous year. Just out today, the information-packed 355-slide presentation can now be found online. One of the bigger trends it pinpoints? Thanks to mobile, voice interfaces are on the …
Virtual Reality Companies Are Primed To Make A Big Push In 2017
By Neil Patel | Dec 12, 2016 at 4:30 pm
Virtual Reality is slowly making a leap to mainstream markets. Thanks to the Samsung VR and the Oculus by Facebook, the general public is suddenly more accepting of a world existing through the screen of a smartphone. Virtual Reality Interest Although games are the…
Influencer Marketing Isn't a Gold Rush
By Danica Kombol | Aug 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
I saw a headline in Forbes.com that made me cringe. It read, "The Influencer Marketing Gold Rush is Coming: Are You Prepared?" I wasn't surprised at all by the article. After all, AdWeek reported that according to the latest Tomoson poll, over 60% of…
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Fête Attempts to Understand the Psychology of Events
By Will Schmidt | Nov 6, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Interacting with other people face-to-face is considered the best way to communicate for many people. Why would you want to talk on the phone, email, or video conference when you could simply meet up and talk over coffee? It's more relaxing, there's less data…
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Inside WeWork's Atlanta Buckhead Location [Photos]
By Elliot Volkman | Jul 6, 2016 at 11:00 am
In WeWork's strive for coworking world domination, the company valued at $16 billion has opened up a recent spot in Atlanta's Buckhead region. Located in Tower Place, the 27,000-square-foot coworking space features desk space stretched across two floors. Per WeWork norm, …
4 Ways Atlanta Is Becoming a Silicon Valley Competitor
By Larry Alton | Aug 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Everyone knows that some of the world's largest technology corporations reside in the Silicon Valley of California, and it's hard to compete with the area's wealth. However, the Bay area isn't the only United States tech hub. Atlanta, Georgia is also a major player…
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Monsieur Disrupts Cocktail Industry with Robotic Dispenser
By Kristin Pryor | Jul 24, 2015 at 10:00 am
We here at Tech.Co love our cocktails. Therefore it is only apropos that I take the opportunity to introduce you to Monsieur.co, an automated, self service, bartending machine. Founder Barry Givens hatched the idea for an automatic drink dispenser while waiting almost two …
Read a Harrowing Account of a Poor, Black Coding Student's Encounter with the Law
By Cameron Glover | Apr 1, 2016 at 1:50 pm
There's an appeal that comes along with being part of tech culture – you're able to be at the forefront of change and creativity, helping to bring some of the world's leading innovations to life. But when you're a marginalized person – …
RealStarter.Co: A Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform [VIDEO]
By Kristin Pryor | Mar 31, 2016 at 2:15 pm
At SXSW this year we had the chance to meet some really amazing .Co's. One of them was RealStarter.Co, a real estate crowdfunding platform for investors, real estate promoters, developers, and anyone else who wants to get into the market. We had the opportunity to…
Digitalundivided to Open Innovation Center for Black and Latina Women Founders
By Elliot Volkman | Mar 21, 2016 at 2:32 pm
This year at SXSW Interactive we heard from startups, saw products launch, and even had business lessons from Anthony Bourdain. Unfortunately much of this also has a common theme: a lack of diversity. However, on March 13 at SXSWi, digitalundivided (DID) once again broke free …
Actor Chris Pratt Offers Inspiring Words via Instagram
By Frank Gruber | Jan 31, 2016 at 12:36 pm
Actor Chris Pratt recently shared some inspirational thoughts at 3am after being up working for nearly 80 hours. You may know the 36-year-old actor from his time on the TV sitcom Parks & Recreation, as well as his leading roles in Guardians of the…
Microsoft Azure Tour Offering Developers a Free Day of Cloud Training
By Ronald Barba | Dec 29, 2015 at 1:15 pm
According to some analysts and industry leaders, more than a quarter of applications will be available via the cloud by 2020. Additionally, by 2018, it's approximated that there will be 8.2 billion active mobile devices around the world (that's more than the current …
Boosting the Prospecting Process With the Right Tools
By Diogo Costa | May 12, 2015 at 10:00 pm
Why do salespeople hate prospecting? What is so terrible with this necessary "evil"? People do not like exposure, something that comes with prospecting – after all, it involves calling strangers and telling them about a company that is new to them, selling a …


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What does 'Watch your back' mean?
If someone is after your job, or wants to harm you in any way, you need to "watch your back" to metaphorically see what is going on behind you
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Restaurante Botánico Café
Restaurante with Mediterrraneanbased dishes with many international influences.
As well as the restaurant menu, Botánico offers special brunchstyle breakfasts, cold sandwiches, open toasted sandwiches, coffees, teas, infusions, flavoured chocolate drinks, natural juices and smoothies.
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Restaurante Fresco
Restaurante Fresco - buffet libre - vegetariano - halal - pizzas
Vegetarian, buffet, eat as much as you like restaurant. A large selection of salads, pizzas and other italian dishes.
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El Piano
Vegan fast-food shop in Granada
Take-away food place serving healthy vegan and gluten/dairy/nut-free food in Granada.
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Restaurante La Gayedra
Gay friendly restaurant.
Gay friendly restaurant and bar offering a wide range of dishes including vegetarian options. Extra entertainment such as drag queens is offerened on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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Restaurante Los Girasoles
Very cheap restaurant with a set menu (menú del día)
This restaurant is not designed for tourists. It attracts people who work and live in the barrio, so it has to have good prices and good food to keep them coming back every day.
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Bodegas Espadafor
Bar/restaurant - tapas - raciones
Traditional Tapas bar which dates back to 1910. Has a wide selection of sweet and dry wines.
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Pizzería Verona
Italian pizza restaurant in Granada
Pizzería Verona - Italian restaurant and pizza parlour in Calle Elvira, Granada, serving Italian and Spanish food
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Guest Artists
At Mason, We Bring Greatness to You.
Every semester, artists at the top of their field are on our stages, in our classrooms, and with our students.
You will learn from some of the world's most successful artists in master classes, lectures, workshops, and artist conversations. We bring over 50 world-renowned performing artists to stages on the Mason campuses every year and provide free tickets to students. Many of these same artists come into our classrooms to share their expertise. You'll take in exhibitions by leading visual artists and then hear how they transform their vision into inspiring pieces in our studios.
Master Classes
At Mason, you'll attend master classes with artists at the top of their field. Learn from the instruction and expertise of these nationally and internationally recognized artists. Master classes regularly happen in our Schools of Art, Music, Dance, and Theater.
Recent master classes include sessions with:
- New York Voices, internationally acclaimed jazz vocal group
- Ed Asner, theater
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
- Doc Severinsen, trumpet
- David Zerkel, tuba
- Pascal Rioult, dance
- Elizabeth Streb, dance
- Mark Morris, dance
- Wendy Sharfman, theater
- David Raphaely, theater
- Jenelle Lynn Randall, theater
Lectures and Artist Conversations
Mason students can hear guest speakers talk about what it takes to succeed in their fields, personal stories, even the nitty-gritty of their art form. Each semester brings many opportunities to hear from rising stars, renowned masters, and industry leaders in music, filmmaking, visual art, dance, game design, theater, arts management, and graphic design in lectures, conversations, and workshops.
Visual Voices Series features nationally recognized artists and designers in a lecture series, as well as studio visits. Recent speakers include: artist Siebren Versteeg; artist J.J. McCracken; Smithsonian curator of photography John Jacob; Smithsonian curator of Latino art Carmen Ramos and artist Richard Raiselis. Learn more.
Pre-performance discussions occur 45 minutes prior to each Great Performances at Mason and Hylton Presents performance.
Studio A is a GMU-TV and Film and Video Studies-produced interview show featuring filmmakers who come to Mason to speak with students about their professional work. Recent guests include: director Ron Maxwell (Gettysburg); Peggy Pridemore, location manager (Wedding Crashers and Forrest Gump); Mark Stoeckinger, sound editor (Star Trek and Mission Impossible II and III).
Fimmaker Q&As frequently follow film screenings on campus and provide opportunities for students to gain insight into the field of filmmaking. Recent filmmakers include Nicole Opper, Nanfu Wang, Brandon and Lance Kramer, and Lyric Cabral.
Computer Game Design industry experts often come to campus as guest speakers to present their work and discuss current issues in the field. Recent speakers include Ken Rowlston, Jay Posey, Rafael Chandler, Peter Lipman, and Bruce Nesmith.
School of Music invited Dr. Ron McCurdy, University of Southern California Professor of Music, to talk on preparing students for the business aspect of a future in music or general arts professions.
Making Connections: Transforming Arts Leadership Three times a year, artists and major arts leaders are brought in for events with students and alumni to address contemporary topics in arts management. These events offer networking opportunities to emerging and mid-career arts managers, and serve to strengthen the connection between alumni and the Mason arts management community. Guests include:
Nina Simon, Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and author of The Participatory Museum.
Doug Borwick, Author of Engaging Communities, Not Audiences: The Future of the Arts in the U.S.
Artist Residencies
Prominent artists frequently come to Mason for a few days, a week, or a semester to teach and mentor students in their craft. These residencies offer more extended and intensive opportunities to work with master artists.
Each semester the Film and Video Studies (FAVS) students collaborate on location to produce a short film for the Mason Film Lab. Producing students spend class time over the semester producing the location shoot and then collaborate on set with students in Cinematography to crew the short film.
Since 2006, the School of Art, Navigation Press program has invited artists with national and international reputations to work directly with our students in the creation of an original edition of prints. For 2017, visiting artist Louis M. Schmidt, will be presenting work from this year's edition, a silkscreen accordion fold book, as well as a small portfolio of recent drawings and photographs:
- Louis M. Schmidt
- Lothar Osterburg
- Beauvais Lyons
- Renée Stout
- Bill Dunlap
- Karen Kunc
- William Wiley
- Enrique Chagoya
The School of Dance hosts resident guest artists each year to cast student dancers and conduct intensive rehearsals. Recent choreography includes that of:
In the School of Theater, resident artists frequently teach a course and work alongside students in an acting, directing, or technical role. Recent resident artists in theater include:
Free Tickets to World Class Performances
Part of your arts education should be spent watching and listening to the experts doing what they do best. At Mason, we give students free tickets for more than 100 performances each year at the Center for the Arts and the Hylton Performing Arts Center. We believe arts students should be exposed to the best performing arts from around the world, and we prove it: There are 500 free tickets for students for each Great Performances at Mason event. Full-time Mason students are eligible to get free tickets for music, dance, opera, theater, and more.
Recent performers and performances include:
- Savion Glover
- Bernadette Peters
- Mark Morris Dance Group
- The 5 Browns
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Alonzo King LINES Ballet
- Sweeney Todd
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Allen Toussaint
- The Tempest
- Doc Severinsen
- Pilobolus
- Branford Marsalis
- Falstaff
- James Galway
- Parsons Dance
- Mariza
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman
- The King's Singers


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World Lymphoma Awareness Day 2017
Each year the Leukaemia Foundation marks World Lymphoma Awareness Day to help increase the understanding and awareness of the fifth most common cancer in Australia.
This year we're helping those diagnosed with lymphoma, as well as their carers, family and friends, achieve balance in their daily life, providing information and support to help you deal with the impact of lymphoma.
We will be running a series of events all over Australia. Queensland events are listed below; other events across Australia can be found here.
Sunshine Coast
8 September, 10.30am
Bloomhill Cancer Care, 58 Ballinger Rd, Buderim
Guest speaker: Dr Sorab Shavaksha
Dr Shavaksha graduated from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom in 2002 before moving to Queensland in 2006 to pursue his specialist training in Brisbane. He commenced full-time private practice in 2013, offering consultation and treatment for all haematological disorders including lymphomas, from the Sunshine Coast Haematology and Oncology Clinic.
Please RSVP on 07 3055 8233 or email email@example.com.
15 September, 10am
ESA Village, 41 Peter Doherty Street, Dutton Park, Brisbane
Guest speakers:
Craig Smith
Craig is a Senior Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Australia, and a Registered Yoga Therapist.
Dr Ian Irving
Dr Irving is a consultant haematologist at Icon Cancer Care Wesley, and the Medical Director of Icon Cancer Care.
Maryanne Skarparis
Maryanne is a Support Services Coordinator with the Leukaemia Foundation.
RSVP on 07 3055 8233 or 1800 620 420 or email firstname.lastname@example.com updated on March 5th, 2018


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Shades on pendant style lighting, which was first popularized in the forties in the form of gorgeous blown glass shells, have evolved to compromise all sorts of styles. Some of the most attractive styles of pendant lighting are inspired from this era which features glass globes that have been stepped or squared off with Art Deco touches. You can also find square or triangular open flute art deco shades that have wrought iron details and pastel colored glass panels.
There are many ways in which you can find these types of lamps to add in your collection. It is recommended to visit various flea markets, antique shops, estate sales and garage sales. However, it is necessary to have some knowledge especially if you are purchasing from these places because there are a lot of replicas or reproductions of these 'antique' lamps that are available in the market. This is the reason why you have to do a lot of research before you do your purchase.
Lighting is one of the most important factors that you need to concentrate upon to make your house beautiful and a joy to live in. With your lighting fixtures, you always have the liberty to decorate the house as creatively as you want. However, you always have to spend a bit of time and energy for that. There are hundreds of different options that are available to you. So, the key is to choose the one that best represents your personality and the ambience of the house.
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Adrenal Hormones and Related Drugs
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- What controls the secretion of ACTH?
1. diurnal rhythms
2. negative feedback by cortisol
3. stress override system
- what composes the stress override system?
immune and inflammatory system (inc. infection, inflammation, injury, hemorrhage, pain, cold, hypoglycemia, surgery)
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) from pituitary synergizes to increase ACTH during stress
- What is the function of ACTH?
1. stimulates adrenal cortex to make glucocorticoids
2. maintains the functional integrity if zona fasciculata and zona reticularis
increased doses of ACTH leads to adrenal hypertrophy and hyperplasia
- What are the strucural properties of ACTH?
39 AA chain, singe chain
biological activity in first 24 AA's (if remove N-terminal serine, you remove its activity) the first 13 AA's are called alpha-MSH
- What is MSH?
- melanocyte stimulating hormone, stimulated by increased ACTH, leads to hyperpigmentation in primary adrenal insufficiency
- Primary vs. secondary adrenal insufficiency
primary- problem at target organ/gland
secondary- problem with stimulating hormone
- cortrophin
- pig ACTH
- cosyntrophin
- synthetic ACTH, contains only the first 24 AA's, AA's 24-39 eliminated to reduce immune respponse, administered parenterally because degraded if taken orally, and short half life (15 min) if given by infusion, therefore give in repository injections in gelatin (lasts 18 hrs) or zinc oxide (lasts days)
- Side effects of ACTH drugs
- hypersensitivy rxns, swelling at site of repository injections, GC related toxicities and effeccts due to inc GC;s with ACTH
- Adrenal steroid types
From adrenal cortex: GC's (21-C; cortisol)
MC's (21-C; aldosterone)
from adrenal medulla and cortex: Androgens( 19-C; testosterone)
Estrogens (18-C; estradiol)
Progestins (21-C; progesterone)
- Androgens
major source of estrogen in all children, adult males and postmenopausal women
(if increased in women= masculinized)
- Glucocoricoid Function
1. provide glucose to brain and other organs by stimulating conversion of glycogen, fats adn proteins to glucose
2. Deal with stress
- Effects of GC on glucose metabolism
in muscle cells- decrease glucose uptake; increase protein breakdown to AA
in fat cells: decrease glucose uptake, increase fat breakdown to free fatty acids
in liver cells: increase enzymes for gluconeogenesis so glucose goes to blood, uses AA's and FFA's from reactions in rest of body
- Mechanism of Action of GC's
- GC receptor is nuclear transcrition factor, the cotisol in blood is bound to CBG (corticosteroid binding globulin), it dissociates, enters cell, binds to inactive GC receptors in cytosol. The activated receptor migrates into nucleus, binds to the GC-responsive elements in promoter region of genes. the GC receptor forms a dimer with another GC receptor and gegins transription of genes, produces proteins that change cell function
- Addison's disease
- primary adrenal insufficiency, from adrenal destruction or error in metabolism
- hypopituitarism
- secondary adrenal insufficiency, decrease ACTH release and/or synthesis
- iatrogenic adrenal insufficiency
- surgical adrenal removal or drug-induced, or atrophy from negative feedback
- oral cortisol
- treatment for adrenal insufficiency, for chronic hormone replacement (5-10 mg tid or more under stress)
- Fludrocortisone
- main drug used to treat adrenal insufficiency with mineralcorticoid insufficiency, for chronic hormone replacement
- acute hormone replacement
aka Addisonian crisis
higher dose of cortisol used
situations of stress (ie car accident, surgery, etc)
100 mg until patient stable, also give water and electrolytes and glucose
- Cushing's syndrome
- too much GC activity, caused by adrenocortical hyperplasia or neoplasm, avnormal or ectopic ACTH release, or overdosage of GC or ACTH, treatment: surgery, steroid syth inhibitors or change dosage
- stimulation tests
cosyntropin (ACTH 1-24 AA)
corticrelin (ovine CRH)-
- cosyntropin
- 60 min screening test and 24 hour infusion test, if get productio of GC then problem at ACTH production, in no GC's production the problem is at the adrenals
- corticrelin
- test for primary response to CRH or to differentiate between pituitary and ectopic ACTH production which is not stimulated by sheep CRH
- supression test (dexamethasone (DEXA))
- long acting synthetic GC; documents hypersecretion, give it overnight, test urine 17-hydroxycortisol in morning, should decrease definitive 24/48 hr test if not decreased after low dose, then it is indicative of non-idiopathic Cushings; if not decreased after high dose, indicates adrenal hyperplasia
- metyrapone
- steroid syntesis antagonist, inhibits cortisol synthesis by inhibiting 11B-hydroxylase, administered orally, can diagnose HPA axis functions and Cushing's if administration causes increased 11deoxycortisol in plasma or 17 hydroxycortisol in urine then its a physiological release of ACTH; side effects= dizziness, GI disturbance, increased MC and androgens;
- Mitotane
adrenocorticoid antagonist, isomer of DDT, selective toxicity for adrenal cortex therefore destroys cortex and need lifelong GC & MC because irreversible; used in anti-cancer treatment
side effects: CNS depression, 15% skin rashes and 80% GI disturbance
- Aminoglutethimide
- block steroidgenesis by inhabiting p450sec which is first step in steroid synthesis; used to decrease gonadal hormones in breast cancer patients, and to decreae adrenal cortical hormones in adrenal carcinoma, do not get complete inhibition therefore cortisone is added to block increases in ACTH
- Ketoconazole
- steroid antagonist, widely used, first used as antifungal, higher doses inhibit p450scc and other biosynthetic enzymes, used in treating cushings
- Trilostane
- reversble inhibitor of 3B-HSD, blocks cortisol and aldosterne synthesis, administered orally, used when more definitive treatment cant be used, reversible so not as effective
- summary
metyrapone- test ACTH b/c blocks p450-11B so build up of 11-deoxycortisol into plasma
mitotane- BLOCKS EVERYTHING
Trilostane- dec aldosterone & cortisol
aminoglutethimide & ketoconazole- blocks rate-limiting enzyme so in theory, get nothing


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Assistant Head Teacher: Director of Sixth Form, Eastbourne
Closing date:
Start date: 1st September 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Suitable for NQTs: No
CLOSING DATE: Monday 19th February at 9.00am
START DATE: 1st September 2018
SCHOOL TOURS: Thursday 8th February 2018 (by appointment)
INTERVIEWS: Friday 23rd February 2018
- Are you highly respected and able to galvanise people around you?
- Can you provide visionary thinking throughout a change process?
- Do you possess high emotional intelligence and resilience?
- Do you relish a challenge?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then Gildredge House wants to hear from you.
We are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Assistant Head Teacher: Director of Sixth Form for our expanding 4-19 free school.
Our 'Outstanding' Ofsted judgement (June 2015) was only the start of the story. The challenge is to sustain and embed this excellence through every aspect of Gildredge House as it grows to full capacity in 2019/20.
In order to help deliver our vision we are looking to appoint an excellent Director of Sixth Form who is committed to the activities of marketing, recruitment and retention in order to realise our vision of a first class post-16 experience.
Within this context, the newly-created role of Assistant Head Teacher: Director of Sixth Form represents a remarkable, exciting and possibly unique professional opportunity. You will help us continue to build on the success of our school, with a keen eye on developing our Sixth Form offer in our rapidly growing organisation.
As member of the school's Senior Leadership Team, you will contribute strategic and logistical skills in support of the school's aims and development planning. If you are ambitious for progression in Senior Leadership – as aspiring Deputy Head Teacher or Head Teacher - then this role will provide a fertile environment for leadership development at the highest level of the establishment.
Salary range: £49,685 rising to £54,787 (GH Leadership Scale points L10-L14, 2018-19)
Note: salary figures include a cost of living increase of 1% which is subject to variation.
Teaching: 0.3<0.5 of a secondary teaching timetable, depending on subject(s) offered.
At Gildredge House each individual is known and valued. Students are inspired to discover their passions and realise their academic potential, taking advantage of an effective system of monitoring and support. The school's ethos and pastoral care systems are crucial to this and we pride ourselves on offering a caring and enriching environment for both students and staff.
Gildredge House offers:
- continuity of education for boys and girls aged 4-19
- an expectation of high academic standards leading to Sixth Form studies
- smaller than average class sizes
- strong discipline
- student leadership programmes
- excellent pastoral care
- an extended school day for older students
- supervised prep
- a broad range of extra-curricular activities
- parent and community involvement
Our school motto: 'Aspire'
If you are interested in the position please download the Application Pack on our website at www.gildredgehouse.org.uk/vacancies/
Please complete the Application for Employment and References & Monitoring Form and return to firstname.lastname@example.com by 9.00am on Monday 19th February.
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Local Accountant Facing Jail Time After Proven Fraud Charges
Professionals nowadays are urged to have professional liability insurance because this will serve as a tool in case one is caught in an undesirable situation. Insurance policies the likes of an investigation insurance does not mean that one committed something wrong but it helps them when they are caught in the wrong side of the law. This is most important in accountants as proven by the case of a Michael Sallee who is a 59 year old accountant from Bloomington. […]Read more


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We did it! We hit the $1.5M ministry space expansion need and completed reach!
Thank you to everyone who has partnered in the REACH campaign. Because of your generosity we are just weeks away from making space to reach hundreds of people for Christ. Through God's prompting, and your willingness, all of this has been made possible!
What's next?
We'll have a special "Move-In Offering" on the first weekend in the new building. This will be a special moment for us to first give thanks and offerings to God for all He has done and will do through the Milestone family!


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it was wonderful to hear sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee share his vision and to watch few of the extra-ordinary works going on around the world carrying the consciousness of this oneness which is so fundamental to life and our being in this world.
there was a screening of films from Global Oneness Project which are also available online. you can watch there here.
Thoughts [>] on carrying and transmitting consciousness | from inner to outer and outer to inner
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Clarification: Hurricane Maria-Tourism story
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Clarification: Hurricane Maria-Tourism story
Clarification: Hurricane Maria-Tourism story
Oct. 26, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a story Oct. 24, The Associated Press reported that the Bacardi rum distillery would reopen Nov. 1. The story should have made clear the distillery has been making and shipping rum since about two weeks after the storm. But the Casa Bacardi visitor center will reopen Nov. 1 for tours.
A clarified version of the story is below:
Puerto Rico tourism craters in wake of Hurricane Maria
Hotels are closed. Old San Juan is deserted. Tourism is practically nonexistent in Puerto Rico right now.
By COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The narrow blue cobblestone streets of Old San Juan are deserted. Cigar shops are boarded up. Boutiques in bright colonial buildings are closed.
"It's like a ghost town," said Mike Maione, a 57-year-old tourist from Flanders, New Jersey, who was staying in the heart of the colonial city with his wife at a small hotel powered by a generator. "We've been here a number of times before, and the place is usually just crawling with tourists, but there's nobody here."
Tourism, a rare thriving sector on the island in a deep economic slump, is practically nonexistent a month after Hurricane Maria swept though. And part of the recovery from the storm depends on how fast visitors reappear.
About a third of the hotels in Puerto Rico remain shuttered. Restaurants and shops are still without power. Beaches are closed for swimming because of possible water contamination.
The high season begins in December, and tourism officials are hoping to lure some visitors, but that depends on when power is fully restored and how quickly hotels and attractions can repair the catastrophic damage.
"We want Puerto Rico to be more like New Orleans post-Katrina and Detroit post-financial crisis," said Jose Izquierdo, the executive director of Puerto Rico's government Tourism Company . Though, he hopes, on a faster timeline.
The U.S. territory usually sees more than 5 million visitors a year, and they spend close to $4 billion, creating jobs for more than 80,000 people. While that's a small portion of the overall economy, about 8 percent, money generated by visitors has been growing at the same time other sectors have shrunk during a 10-year recession.
Maria roared across the island on Sept. 20 as a Category 4 storm, killing more than 50 people and knocking out electricity to the whole island. More than a month later, only 30 percent of customers have power, though Gov. Ricardo Rossello has pledged to get that to 95 percent by Dec. 31. Roughly 70 percent of the communication network has been restored, and 70 percent of the water service is back.
The main airport recently resumed full operations. Cruise ships are beginning to sail again. The Bacardi rum distillery's Casa Bacardi visitor center will reopen for tours Nov. 1. Nearly all the island's casinos are open. Old San Juan's colonial-era buildings mostly survived intact
"We don't want to give up entirely on the high season," said Izquierdo, who hopes business will be bolstered by Puerto Ricans coming home for the holidays, emergency federal officials working on the recovery and others coming with a sense of purpose to help rebuild. "And then post high-season, we continue to revamp the product," he said.
But for Scott Sutter, 59, of Munster, Indiana, the uncertainty was too much. He and his wife and son and daughter-in-law had planned to go to San Juan as part-work, part-vacation for his 60th birthday next month. Sutter owns a shoe company and has business in Puerto Rico, but they canceled and are instead headed to Mexico.
"If anything, I feel guilty that we're not going and spending some money and helping keep some of these restaurants busy," he said. "But from what I see a lot aren't open yet. And we didn't think they could guarantee air conditioning. It was just too uncertain."
Despite the uncertainties ahead, Lonely Planet on Tuesday named San Juan among its top 10 cities to visit in 2018. The decision to include San Juan was made prior to hurricane season, but Lonely Planet decided to keep the city on the list, confident that it will be ready for tourists next year. "When people do visit ... not only will they learn a lot about extensive history, they'll see the culture, but they'll also witness the resilience and ingenuity of its citizens," said Bailey Freeman, Lonely Planet's Central America and the Caribbean destination editor.
Scores of restaurants are open, but operating under truncated hours with limited menus and many without power. Some are offering discounted meals to locals who can't cook. Chef Ariel Rodriguez, owner of Ariel, a fine dining spot open for almost 30 years where a two-course meal is $54, said it's been nearly impossible to get ingredients. He was offering a meal of beef stew and rice for $5. For smaller eateries like gastropub Gallo Negro, it's hard to pay the cost of diesel for generators, said Chef Maria Grubb. Her 52-seat restaurant hasn't been open for weeks.
"It's quite crushing," she said. "Rent is still due. Insurance is still due, distributors need to be paid. We have a staff of 14 people without any means of making money. That's the toughest part of all this."
The financial impact of Maria on the industry won't be clear until after the season ends, but the visible impact of the storm is more obvious. Some of the island's best-known attractions were battered, like El Yunque, a biologically diverse tropical rain forest of 45 square miles (11,700 hectares). Aerial footage shows massive defoliation, plus landslides and downed trees. One of the island's most famous resort hotels, El Conquistador in Fajardo, will be closed until the end of the year for repairs.
The expansive grounds of the Castillo San Felipe del Morro are open around the breathtaking 250-year-old Spanish fort that winds through the cliffs overlooking San Juan Bay, but the fort itself is still shut. Beaches that were slammed by lashing rain and winds may also be contaminated after sewers overflowed; environmental officials say no one should go in yet.
Even if people do come, finding a hotel will be tricky. There are roughly 100 hotels open, mostly powered by generators, but nearly all are occupied with recovery workers and it's not clear how long they're staying, though tourism officials say they expect more rooms available starting Dec. 20. Of the premier resorts, the Caribe Hilton isn't accepting reservations until New Year's. The Ritz Carlton in San Juan won't open for guests until at least April.
Meanwhile, hospitality officials are encouraging do-gooders come to help rebuild. Local Guest , a website promoting sustainable tourism, is offering trips starting Dec. 1 for people to come stay with families in hard-hit areas to help them rebuild, said creator Carmen Portela.
"After the hurricane I have to be honest, hearts were destroyed," she said, and she tried to figure out how to help on a larger scale. "If we don't help rebuild our country then there's nothing, there's nothing."
For now, businesses that count on tourism are staying afloat through emergency workers streaming onto the island.
"We're depending on them right now," said Carmelo Perez, manager of Gul Plaza Souvenir Store. The darkened shop sells t-shirts, shot glasses and other trinkets. Business is terribly slow, and they're praying people start coming back.
Some are. Stephan Renard, his wife Nikola Sheienssen and their son were visiting Old San Juan from Kiel, Germany, and planned to spend a day before heading off on a cruise. They had some trouble finding a hotel and were surprised by the empty streets and closed stores. But they never considered canceling.
"If everybody stays away, how can they rebuild?" Renard asked.


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Things to do in Motueka
From your base at Nautilus Lodge, in 20 minutes you can be lazing on the beach at Kaiteriteri or enjoying the many activities that are on offer.
From kayaking to seal swims, you can be sure to fill your day up with unique experiences and lots of fun. You can also go on a boat cruise where you can get off at one of the many bays to do short or longer walks, or just sit on a beach and have a picnic among the most picturesque scenery in New Zealand.
We are also the pick-up point for wine tours, water taxis and kayaking if you do not want to drive.
For the fishermen, we have great brown trout fishing in the Motueka River but if that is not for you, we can advise on local wine tours where you can taste the best of the region. There are numerous cycle and walking trails for those who love getting back to nature. Nautilus Lodge is walking distance to town and there are plenty of unique shops to pick up a souvenir of your holiday.
Motueka has heaps of fun activities and events for all visitors and locals alike! You can be a participant or you can just have a fun day out watching and supporting.
There are raft and boat races which are always lots of laughs and fun for the whole family to enter or watch. Also, there are exciting mountain bike challenges, if you are up to it!
We are a hot-bed of artistic talent here in Motueka, so our local fetes and food events throughout the summer are very popular and really add to the holiday atmosphere that our town is known for.
We also have art and craft festivals throughout the year that visitors come from all over to see. Choose a lovely gift for yourself or a friend and then you will always have a piece of Motueka to remind you of your holiday.
We have an annual mid-winter "Festival of Lights" which is on mid-June for 2 weeks when the town lights up to ward off the chills of winter. This is a wonderful event for the children and gives the town a festive look in the middle of winter. Great photos for the album!
Address: 67 High Street,
Motueka, New Zealand
+64 3 528 4658
0800 628 845
We accept visa and mastercards only.
American Express cards are not accepted.
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8am–8pm (June & July 8am-6pm)
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Windows Phone Mango Developer Tools
The consumer side of Windows Phone Mango was unveiled yesterday by Microsoft. It brings in some great new features like multitasking, IE9, fast application switching, maps, web marketplace etc to name a few. I was also impressed with enhancements to bing like local scout, bing vision and bing voice. With the NoDo update fiasco now behind us, I think the expectations are set just right for the 'mango' update which will be coming this fall ;) One thing that annoys me is the feature-market fragmentation that's happening with Windows Phone. What's the deal with making some features available only to a few markets! Just look at the way zune services and their features are split region-wise. It's horrible and needs fixing.
Nothing was mentioned about Microsoft's ad framework, PubCenter, and its expansion plans. It's been close to 8 months since windows phone came out and PubCenter has expanded its market by zero, zilch, nada! There were talks a while back that it will be made available in europe, I don't know how that's working out. Hey you, make it global already! And show us some pay-per-impression love.
You can download the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta from here, (web installer) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=77586864-ab15-40e1-bc38-713a95a56a05&displaylang=en
And if you don't believe in web installers, here's the link for downloading the ISO file, http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/0/D/00D22BA8-E716-4272-93D8-C4D98F0567AE/WPDT_v2_Beta_en1.iso
Aaron Stebner's post contains some more links and other useful information, do take a look, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2011/05/24/10168008.aspx
And remember to install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 first.
You have a good day while I watch the ISO getting sucked from the interwebs at mind-numbing speeds. /s
Until next time…
Windows Mobile 6.x Application Submissions to Stop on July 15, 2011
Got a mail today from the Windows Phone Marketplace team that application submission to Windows Mobile 6.x marketplace will be stopped effective July 15, 2011. Existing apps will stay on the marketplace, users (whatever remains) will be able to download your apps and more importantly developer payouts will continue to happen as usual.
Here is the complete text of the mail,
May 16, 2011
Dear Windows Marketplace for Mobile Developer,
We are excited about the momentum we have with Windows Phone. Since we launched Windows Phone last fall, technical reviews have been very positive and, most importantly, customer satisfaction has been extremely high. Moreover, our Windows Phone Marketplace continues to grow at a fast pace. It now features more than 15,000 apps and games and there are over 40,000 registered developers.
At MIX we announced that in May we will release the beta version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools for the next version of Windows Phone, code-named "Mango," which we are still on track to do. The Mango release will be made available to users later this year, and it represents the next step in our continued focus on advancing the Windows Phone platform and expanding the opportunity for developers.
To innovate faster on the Windows Phone Marketplace, we are scaling back our investments in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile service. We are sharing this plan with you, in advance, so that you can make thoughtful plans and preparations.
- App Submission and Management. On July 15, 2011, we will no longer be accepting new Windows Mobile 6.x applications or application updates. In addition, it will no longer be possible to modify prices, metadata, or other information. However, you will still be able to remove your apps by contacting support.
- App Distribution. Even though app submission will stop on July 15, users will still be able to purchase and download your Windows Mobile 6.x applications through the Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
- App Reporting. Sales and download reports will continue to be available for your Windows Mobile 6.x applications through the App Hub after July 15.
- Developer Payouts. Developer payouts will continue to be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Windows Phone Marketplace Application Provider Agreement.
Additional information regarding the scaling back of our investment in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be shared over the coming months as plans become finalized.
We would like to thank you for being part of our Windows Marketplace for Mobile developer community, and we look forward to helping you build more Windows Phone applications.
For more information, please visit the App Hub Forum. For further assistance, please contact support directly.
Thank you for your support,
The Windows Phone Marketplace Team
Rest in peace, windows mobile.


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Diet and exercise weren't enough to get rid of her problem areas. Over the years she had met with a plastic surgeon, but surgery was prohibitively expensive. She felt like she was running out of options, until she found Sono Bello! When she saw the great results her co-worker was able to achieve with Sono Bello, she decided to give us a try.
Within two weeks she began to see the results she had always been hoping for. She finally got rid of the problem areas that had been bothering her for so long. Now shopping is a breeze and she feels free and confident.
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Experiment; to try out new ideas or methods.
Hello again.
This week I've been changing things up a bit. By this mean, instead of using my traditional pencil or graphite stick, I've tried my hand at using inks and water or ink washes.
I started with this, my rendition of the new beast design from the new Disney live action Beauty and the beast as i loved it:Initially it just started out as a simple fineliner line sketch. I then wondered if water would affect the ink and create a wash like shading, which of curse it did.
From there i went a little nuts haha:
My rendition of Buckbeak the Hippogriff from Harry Potter. I was so happy with how the trees in the background came out. To do this I moved the pen in a circular motion creating small but heavy tight circles that easily merged together when the wash was added. I used faint lines to create the lighter tones.
At the moment I'm slightly obsessed with pugs, so I just had to draw one haha. I used a mixture of a light and heavy lines for the shading and tones. I'm especially happy with how the eyes came out.
I've been reading a fair bit of the Ghost Rider Marvel comic books recently, and I was curious to see if I could recreate the flames. I think I did a pretty good job of it. Once again I used heavy lines and swirling patterns for the darker shaded areas as I needed multiple layers of ink and light lines for the rest.
I did a few others but you cant see them on my instagram account under the name of danielmawbyart.
Other than these I haven't been drawing much due to working nights but I'm enjoying that to.
Well that's it for now I think. I do enjoy typing down my artistic exploits for your entertainment and I hope to encourage you all to be creative with the time you have.
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Turn the fireplace mantel into a focal point using color. You can hang different-colored stocking or you can display an array of floral ornaments, also featuring a rainbow of colors. You can even borrow a few ornaments from your Christmas tree and display them on the mantel in a creative way. You can use candles to decorate the mantel and make it glow. Use candles of different shapes and sizes and votives and arrange them as you find it fit. You can also use a few other things in between, like pine cones, Christmas tree branches, tree ornaments, etc.
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Most people think that Neapolitan food is very rich, but that's not always the case, for example we have fresh sea bass "all'acqua pazza" cooked in white wine with cherry tomatoes and parsley, simple, light and full of flavour. If you're not to worried about your figure, you could try our chocolate fondant with vanilla and almond ice cream or the Neapolitan rum Baba'… buonissimo.
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Developers choose to save Eastmoreland mansion
It would have been more profitable, the developers said, to tear down the 7,208 square foot house at 6835 S.E. 29th Avenue, and just build two new ones in its place.
Designed by Roscoe De Leur Hemenway, and built in 1951, the home, now newly refurbished, was opened to neighbors and prospective buyers on Monday evening, October 30.
"For the acquisition price, most builders would've just torn it down, given its condition; but, as soon as we got the opportunity to buy it, my business partner and I looked at each other and agreed that we couldn't let this house be torn down," explained Portland Houseworks LLC partner Mike Mitchoff.
"I've been a lifelong resident of Westmoreland; I live in the house I grew up on near the south end of Westmoreland Park, and my partner's wife grew up here in Eastmoreland," Mitchoff told THE BEE.
Although he and his partner have owned the property for about a year already, while they remodeled it, Mitchoff said he's not necessarily a supporter of the controversial Historic District designation. "But the bigger picture is, we looked at it as an opportunity to do something – something really right – by the neighborhood, while we do right by us."
During the open house, visitors examined the modern finishes that now enhance the historic home, while updating it for modern lifestyles.
"I think people want to have that connection with history, and we took this house back to what it was 66 years ago, and we're proud of that," Mitchoff said.
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Norman Grant; age 81, of Woodbine, Kentucky, passed away on Thursday October 5, 2017 at the UK Medical Center in Lexington.
He was born in Knox County and was a retired coal miner and had attended Indian Creek Baptist Church.
Norman was preceded in death by his Mother, Mallie Grant; Father, Bradley Carter; Brothers, Wilikie Lee Grant and Garrett Dean Grant; and by a Sister, Mary Sue Myers.
He is survived by his Wife, Phyllis Grant; Son, Jamie Perkins; Grandsons, Payton, Koby, and Brayden Perkins; Brothers, John Bill Grant (Janice), Harold Grant (Sheila), Rickey Grant (Sherry), and Jerry Grant (Sharon); Sister in law, Jackie Grant; and by several nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
Funeral service for Norman Grant will be held at 11am on Monday October 9, 2017 at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home, 607 Master Street, Corbin, KY
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The CPSCM™ program will provide delegates with proven tools that not only demonstrate how the organization can do better today, but also leverage on research and practice that has been tested with dozens of executive interviews, hundreds of global corporations and with advanced higher education institutions as well. This Program is accredited by the Center for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Excellence (CA, USA).
What if you could learn skills that would allow you to double your cost savings, slash negotiation cycle time, almost eliminate supplier excursions (because the focus shifts from fire fighting to prevention), and have 4 hours a day completely free on your calendar to focus on more strategic initiatives at your pace? What is it worth for you to gain the confidence, the skills, and the capabilities to outcompete every person in your Industry, and have the capability to double your revenue in just a few years? The architects of these powerful materials did just that with their careers, and now they are giving YOU these Insider Power Secrets of the Masters.
Now if you insist on doing what you've always been doing, stop for a moment and ask yourself where that has gotten you so far. Are you at the position level you want or deserve? Have you mastered procurement to the point that negotiations are exciting and rewarding? Do your peers seek you out and ask you how you keep getting incredible results? Have you reached a level of prestige in your company that you feel good about? Is purchasing the lucrative career for you that it can and should be? Are you admired by your friends and family as being highly successful?
Here's what you are likely looking forward to in your career in procurement if you keep doing what you always have been doing: You will be part of the 95% in procurement who start and stay in the lower ranks and live mostly in frustration because they can't stop spinning their wheels.
Lack of sufficient preparation for high stakes negotiations. Rogue customers that do what they want and get away with it by calling procurement a "road block". Tough contracts and slow legal departments. Suppliers that can't perform right to save their life. Thankless managers who burden you with administrative responsibilities and wonder why you don't get strategic results. Internal Auditors that have to find something to report. 3% raises year after year. Hearing everyone talk about supply chain management but having no clue what to do about it. 80% or more of every day spent on unplanned activities ("fire fighting") that don't count as accomplishments on your status report or your performance review. No budget for training and lack of internal training resources. Less headcount but more expectations: small and diverse businesses, green business, and many flavor of the month programs that management dreams up or agrees to.
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On Wednesday the joint practice between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens almost devolved into a fistfight. But before the brawl got too far along, Eagles QB Tim Tebow waded into the confrontation and put a quick end to it all.
Were it not for Tebow's quick-thinking peacekeeping, the Ravens-Eagles practice might have joined several other recent NFL joint sessions by devolving into a full-blown fist fight.
Earlier in training camp, for instance, donnybrooks erupted at both the Rams and Cowboys and the Redskins and Texans joint practices.
But according to Michael Tanier, Tebow ran into the middle of the growing argument and the players "parted like the Re Sea."
4th stringer fight on the far field. But @TimTebow wades in and they part like the Red Sea.
— Michael Tanier (@MikeTanier) August 19, 2015
There have been no reports on what caused the tiff or who started it. But since Tebow ended it so quickly, maybe it doesn't matter?
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Seriously guys, how good does this look? These pictures pretty much sums up my night! Who said it's hard to be vegan? These pizzas tasted just like the real deal, if not even better! Last night was my first time trying vegan pizza with vegan cheeses and meats, and I have to say that I actually was suprised of how good it tasted! If you read this and live on the Gold Coast, you should defaintly check out Feed the Earthlings! That's where we got these.
This is not something I usually post on my blog, but I just felt like I had to share it because a lot of people that I have met think that vegans can't eat any junk food at all - which simply isn't true!


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Painting adds colour to Lance's week at the Lister hospital for a leg operation (bilateral femeral endarterectomy) to make climbing up the Glastonbury Tor easier !
Lance has just spent a week in the Lister Hospital for a leg operation. Painting portraits of the nurses from many different countries and the views of Chelsea bridge from the window gave the week a very special extra dimension. Chelsea Bridge


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The Social Service Project is a direct response to the Marianist Characteristics of Education for Formation in Faith, Service, Justice and Peace and Adaptation and Change. It has been part of the Vianney curriculum since the 1970s and many students have remarked that it is one of the highlights of their high school career. We continue the tradition and begin with a series of formation activities to help the students the connection between what the Church asks us to do, what our faith teaches us, and what our everyday experiences teach us about the value of and need for service in the local community.
St. John Vianney High School is dedicated to educating young men for spiritual, academic and personal excellence in the Catholic Marianist tradition. One of our educational goals is to educate for service, justice and peace. It is a significant part of their integral, quality education. The goal of the service project is to involve students with a not-for-profit organization and with people with whom they might not meet during the normal course of the day. Therefore, we want our students to be in direct contact with the elderly, the challenged, youth, the marginalized or the poor. We ask that students not perform clerical work or any other type of work that does not involve contact with the people in need.
Our service project runs for three weeks, from May 11th - 29th, with the exception of Memorial Day. The students are expected to work at least 6 ½ hours per day anywhere between 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Each student will be supervised by a Vianney staff member. The students are expected to abide by the school's Code of Conduct and are encouraged to be positive, dedicated, enthusiastic and hard-working throughout the three weeks.
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So the "French Nuclear Watchdog" IRSN has been busy pitching that "Ru-106 radioactive cloud from Russia" story. Why? There's NO WAY they're completely unaware of many other measurements, which anyone with internet can check out for themselves via EURDEP. The data speak for themselves (see below and previous posts): There were/are a lot of other artificial radioisotopes in there besides Ruthenium-106!
Within a week after the Ru-106 story broke, I touched on it in (Oct. 9, 2017) Couple EURDEPs (Ru-106 – Oct.9, 2017), followed up by my discovery that Ruthenium-103 had ALSO been detected, in Czech Republic, and that there were upticks of Iodine-131 and both Cesium-134 & Cesium-137, among others, in (Oct. 11, 2017) RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT Clouds Touch down in Europe: Ru-103, I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137, Pb-210, Na-22, Be-7 Radioisotopes SPIKE in Czech Republic, Hemisphere-wide Data Gaps & Disturbances!
So, like anyone else, I wondered, (Oct. 12, 2017) Where did the radioactive wind come from?, but I couldn't figure it out. Shifting winds, too many data gaps and general data 'noise'. But the upticks and data gaps were clearly véry widespread, I'd say hemisphere-wide even. A month went by and I documented radiation data from Europe (European Commission's EURDEP) and the USA (US EPA Radnet). The other day I added quite the amount of 3-month gamma graphs in (Nov. 11, 2017) The Guardian on that Ru-106 cloud in early October 2017: "Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe" (+ EURDEPs, Nov. 10-11, 2017), which adds to all of these data blogposts of the past month:
- Couple EURDEPs (Nov. 7, 2017) and (also Nov. 7, 2017) 2 years at monitor FR2605_LB0KRS805MA_41_SIT_GM (NPP Perimeter, Rhone Valley, France – 47.7º N, 1.6º E)
- Couple EURDEPs (Nov. 5, 2017)
- Inconmensurable EURDEPs (Nov. 3, 2017),
- Two US Radnet posts (Nov. 2, 2017) "Spot the Trend" (A Selection of US EPA Radnet, 6 months) and US EPA RADNET bi-monthly DATA Update (Total Gamma Radiation, 4 month Graphs, ALL) – Nov. 2, 2017,
- (Nov. 1, 2017) Couple EURDEPs (Nov. 1, 2017) w/ 2+yrs of a perimeter monitor of the Centrale Nucléaire de Saint-Laurent, France and Wave after Wave…
- (Oct. 25, 2017) Couple EURDEPs
- (Oct. 24, 2017) Pusztavacs, Hungary (EURDEP, 21 months)
- Couple EURDEPs (Oct. 19, 2017)
- (Oct. 16, 2017) 4 Miles Ahead: One Man on a Lonely Platform… Singing, "Stay dead, stay dead; and out of this world…" (Couple EURDEPs & RADNETs)
Besides making such data much easier to see, if I have anything to contribute to this story, it is that the French "watchdog" IRSN's claim that the radioactive cloud only contained a trace of the Beta-emitter Ruthenium-106 is simply false. (See radioisotope-specific data below, again.) They're lying by omission. Thus everything else they claim, including their "probable location map" cannot be trusted.
Here's the gist of my debunking their press release:
1) Czech Republic, which does some of the most regular testing for specific radioisotopes, detected (the same week Ru-106 was detected across Europe) spikes of Ru-103, I-131, Cs-134, and upticks of Cs-137, Pb-210, Na-22, Be-7, (see also repeated graphs below) a tell-tale mixture of definitely a major radioactive cloud released from an active fission nuclear reactor, NOT just some "likely just a pharmaceutical leak", "from Russia"…;
2) I-131, Na-22 and Cs-137 upticks preceded and/or followed the Ru-106 detection at several monitors in Switzerland and Norway;
3) Finland, which like Czech Republic posts regular radioisotope-specific monitoring data on EURDEP, interrupted its regular sampling at some locations, with a data gap, including the very period Ru-106 was detected elsewhere, as a result;
4) Unusual spikes are seen on many GAMMA monitors during that first week of October all across Europe, Japan and the United States, with additional waves of spikes, data gaps and unusual values following in its wake this November 2017, further indicating that gamma-emitters were also in the radioactive cloud.
5) Longer-term fallout patterns (3 to 6 months) show upticks of Iodine-131 & Cecium-137 & 'T-BETA-ART' (artificial beta-radiation emitters) in July 2017, which wasn't reported in any mainstream media either. Because it takes time (months and even years) for the bulk of hot fresh-from-a-reactor volatile radioactive fallout to reach ground-level monitors, there's a serious possibility that we're looking at the tail end of a far worse nuclear disaster, likely in June or mid-July, rather than in September.
To illustrate the documented points just one more time, here's a few monitors re-graphed:
- Iodine-131 & Cesium-137 upticks in the past month @ Switzerland:
–> an example of "nothing else detected during the time Ru-106 was measured", but… (!->) -and I suppose this could be point # 6) thát may have had more to do with strikingly higher 'Minimum Detectable Concentrations' (MDC), which on EURDEP is called LLD, 'Lowest Level Detectable'. In some cases the concentration of a specific radioisotope would need to be more than an entire magnitude more than normal to be detectable right then. Showing I-131 & Cs-137:
But my main point is this: There was a lot more than just Ru-106 in that radioactive cloud, and it's still coming down… (which is also obvious on many gamma monitors – see previous blogpost(s)):
- Czech Republic:
- Norway:
- Finland:
- 6 months of just Cs-137 data from far-Northern Finland (compare to UK and Cyprus data r. mid-July in the previous blogpost):
- Note the time of the data gaps on the T-BETA-ART & other monitors in The Netherlands:
- 9 months of T-BETA-ART in Northern Italy:
Hope that suffices to debunk that official "only Ru-106" nonsense.
Now the question is WHY are they so keen on pushing a false narrative? What actually happened, or is happening? WHERE and WHEN did it begin (or majorly escalate/deteriorate…)?


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